28 Facts About Soad Hosny

Soad Hosny was known as the "Cinderella of the Screen" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world.

Soad Hosny is generally regarded as one of Egypt's most iconic female performers of the 20th-century, who played leading roles for many of the country's top directors, in a career spanning 83 films between 1959 and 1991, garnering several national and international accolades.

Soad Hosny's father is Mohamed Hosni, who was one of the best Egyptian calligraphers.

Soad Hosny is the sister of the singer Nagat El-Sagheera.

Soad Hosny worked in the Egyptian Radio as a young child with Baba Sharo and was introduced for Film industry by Abdel Rahman El Khamisi.

Soad Muhammad Kamal Hosny was born in Bulaq district in Cairo, Egypt, to, Mohammad Hosni, a renowned Egyptian calligrapher of Syrian Kurdish descent; and his second wife, Gawhara Mohamed Hassan Saffour, an Egyptian woman.

Soad Hosny's sister has claimed that their mother was of Syrian and later Saudi origin.

Soad Hosny's parents divorced and her mother married Abdul Monem Hafeez with whom she had six more children, thus giving Soad and her two sisters no fewer than 14 half-siblings.

Soad Hosny's half-brother, Ezz Eddin Hosni, was a composer and taught Soad and Najat music and singing.

Soad Hosny's work included a wide range of genres, from light comedies and romances through to political satire.

Soad Hosny starred in Mafish Tafahom, El-Do' el-Khaft, El-Saferia Aziza alongside Shoukry Sarhan.

Soad Hosny was paired with Ahmed Mazhar in El-garema el-Dahka.

Soad Hosny worked in two films directed by Youssef Chahine during her career, the first one being The Choice, and the second Those People of the Nile in which she was paired with Salah Zulfikar for the fourth time.

Soad Hosny's next role was a student and political activist who was tortured in Karnak, the film was based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz.

Soad Hosny starred in A Dinner Date, in which she played a dramatic role.

Soad Hosny starred in Al Qadisiyya, The Suspect, A Stranger in My House, Love in a Jail Cell and The Hunger.

Soad Hosny starred in the films of every important Egyptian director during the 60s and 70s and played women in complex plots.

In 1970, Soad Hosny was married to the Egyptian film director Ali Badrakhan; this marriage lasted for approximately eleven years.

Soad Hosny was then married to Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab, son of Fateen Abdel Wahab and Leila Mourad in 1981.

Soad Hosny was romantically linked with various celebrities including the Egyptian film star Abdel Halim Hafez.

On 21 June 2001, Soad Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her friend Nadia Yousri's apartment in Stuart Tower building in Westminster.

Soad Hosny's body was flown home to Cairo and her funeral there was attended by over 10,000 people.

Soad Hosny was buried in a family's plot of land on the outskirts of Cairo.

Soad Hosny had no children and was survived by her last husband, writer Maher Awad, whom she married in 1987.

Soad Hosny had won many awards, including the Best Actress Award from the National Festival in 1971, the Ministry of Culture Award for 5 times, the Egyptian Film Association Award for 5 times, the Alexandria International Film Festival best actress award, the Best Actress Award from the Cinema Art Association, and the Best Actress Award from the Ministry of Culture.

Soad Hosny has been considered as one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and Arab World.

Soad Hosny was a film, stage, television, and radio actor.

Soad Hosny appeared in more than 80 films, 1 play, 1 television miniseries, and several radio shows.